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Cambridge Civil Litigation Lawyers assist clients who have been unable to settle a dispute with another party. In most cases the next course of action is to engage a Civil Litigation lawyer to file a civil lawsuit.

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Mayor of Brampton threatens legal action over spending controversy

Posted Sep 12, 2014 on www.thestar.com

Susan Fennell, the mayor of Brampton, got the services of Toronto lawyer David Shiller, as she threatens to sue publication firm Toronto Star, auditing firm Deloitte Canada and some councillors over allegations of misspending.

Fennell's announcement made during a press conference before a scheduled council meeting dashed plans to discuss a recommendation of making the mayor pay $34,118 for the funds that she has misspent.

With the announcement, representatives of Deloitte Canada, who were supposed to answer questions during the council meeting, left.

John Corbett, the chief administrative officer, also advised against discussing the reports by Deloitte without first seeking the advise of a lawyer after Fennell's announcement.

According to Fennel, she is tired of the allegations and the smear campaign.

Deloitte Canada had conducted the audit which raised questions of Fennell spending more than $300,000.

The auditing firm's report cited Fennell of violating the rules for spending and breaking the city's code of conduct.

Woman files $4M lawsuit against foster father, child welfare agency

Posted May 03, 2014 on www.torontosun.com

A woman whose name is protected by a publication ban has filed a lawsuit claiming $4 million from Howard Smith, her foster father who sexually assaulted her.

Also included in the lawsuit is the Catholic Children's Aid Society (CCAS), the child welfare agency which placed and kept her in the home of Smith.

Smith had molested her not just once but several times and even fathered her child.

When she complained to the CCAS, she was called a liar and when she eventually got pregnant, she was sent to a home for mothers who are not married.

The CCAS never reported the incident to the police and instead initiated a cover-up of what happened.

Judge orders doctor to pay $15M for negligence

Justice John Sproat has ordered Dr. Richard Edington to pay $15 million in compensation for the negligence that he committed while treating Danielle Boyd.

In his decision, Sproat said that Boyd suffered a stroke that left her a quadriplegic after Edington misdiagnosed her symptoms the first time she was admitted at the hospital.

According to John McKiggan, an attorney in Halifax, compensations this big were not the norm for medical malpractices in the past, however, judges are coming round to the reality of how the victims suffer.

Boyd, a single mother of one, used to work for a bank.

However, after what happened, Boyd is no longer able to work and needs to be cared for extensively, said London Ontario lawyer Andre Michael.

Toronto litigator Ted Charney, representing Yasmin Nakhuda who owns the monkey found wandering in an Ikea parking lot, claimed that the primate sanctuary where the animal is currently staying is trying to sever its bond with its owner.

Nakhuda is fighting for the return of "Darwin", a Japanese macaque which was brought to the sanctuary after it was taken by Toronto animal services.

Charney told the judge that the sanctuary has denied his client access to Darwin to purposely try to break the bond between them.

He added that by the time of the trial, Darwin will already have lost his bond with Nakhuda and her family.

Charney said it will not be right if the bond is lost by the time Darwin is returned to the family.

Kevin Toyne, lawyer for the sanctuary, however, said the court shouldn't make any decisions about returning Darwin to Nakhuda until it has all the information.

Toyne implied that he had come across information not favourable to Nakhuda's case, but has not yet had the opportunity to gather all the evidence and examine witnesses.

Class action suit against Via Rail Canada gets certified

Posted Nov 01, 2012 on www.lfpress.com

A class action suit seeking multimillions from Via Rail Canada, which owns the train that derailed in February, will now move forward after a court certified it.

Also included in the lawsuit is the Canadian Railway Co.

The lawsuit filed March 1 is being led by Sandra Lundy of Niagara Falls and a couple from Quebec. They are representing passengers of the derailed train.

It has been alleged that the train was overspeeding.

In a press release, Ted Charney, a litigator in Toronto, said they want justice to be handed to the people who had their lives changed by the terrible event.

Canada Civil Litigation Lawyer News

Kevin Egan, a litigator in London, has applied for a certification of a class-action lawsuit he has filed against the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre.

The lawsuit is asking the province to pay for damages amounting to $325 million.

Among the things claimed by the lawsuit is that the detention facility is mismanaged due to lack of personnel which has resulted to violence often erupting among the inmates.

According to Egan, he is expecting the lawsuit to involve about 4,000 former prisoners.

The lawsuit also points out that the facility is not a safe place for both inmates and personnel and that not only is it overcrowded but it is also not a sanitary place.

All allegations have yet to be proven in court.

Up first will be the February hearing on whether or not the class-action lawsuit will be certified.

RCMP officers face civil lawsuit for punching a young woman

Posted Aug 26, 2014 on bc.ctvnews.ca

Jamie Haller has filed a civil lawsuit against three officers of the RCMP whom she claimed assaulted her in 2011, although one of them has been cleared in a criminal charge related to the incident.

Haller was 17 at that time when she was chased by several men which prompted a homeowner to call the police to aid her.

In her claim, Haller alleged that instead of helping her, the RCMP officers--Const. Andy Yung, Cpl. Jason Pole and Const. Daniel Hay, treated her as the suspect despite telling them that she was the victim.

She was handcuffed, forced inside the police cruiser and hit several times.

Civil litigation lawyer Jason Gratl, who will be representing Haller, said his client is seeking damages of unspecified amount.

Gratl said Haller's experience has left her distrustful of authorities.

$8M plus-claim filed by family of emotionally-disturbed man shot to death by police

Posted Jul 23, 2014 on metronews.ca

The family of Sammy Yatim, who was shot to death by a member of the Toronto police, have filed a lawsuit claiming more than $8 million in damages.

Named as defendants in the suit are Bill Blair, chief of the Toronto police, the Toronto Police Board, two police officers who were not named and Const. James Forcillo, the man charged with second-degree murder for the death of Yatim.

Yatim's family claimed that the police used too much force when they responded to an alarm wherein Yatim, whom they claimed was emotionally-disturbed at that time, was wielding a knife and exposing himself while onboard a streetcar.

Forcillo had shot him nine times while another officer had tasered him after the gunshots.